Irony isn't dead. It's behind the couch, exhausted, bewildered and curled in a ball

Washington Times tells us

"Free-spending liberals on Capitol Hill have already guaranteed years more of punitive taxes by passing enormous and wasteful spending bills that will saddle massive debt upon the next two generations of Americans," the conservative critics said.

The 108th Congress, January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005:

Affiliation				Total
	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Members (shading indicates majority caucus)	51	48	1	100
Voting share	51%	49%
Notes			Caucused with the Democrats

Their Crowning achievement:

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act

* Introduced in the House as Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 by Representative Dennis J. Hastert [R] on 6/25/2003

* Passed the House [Majority R] on 6/27/2003
* Passed the Senate [Majority R] on 7/7/2003
* Signed into law by President George W. Bush [R] on December 8, 2003

One month later, the ten-year cost estimate was boosted to $534 billion, up more than $100 billion over the figure presented by the Bush administration during Congressional debate... By early 2005, the White House Budget had increased the 10-year estimate to $1.2 trillion.

Largest single spending increase since Lyndon Johnson, 40 years previous. But what use is a physical and provable fact if it doesn't feel good or it sucks the wind out of one's rage? Skip it, no use.

Michelle Poland, 33, a project manager from Southern Maryland who subcontracts map-making projects for the federal government, stood on the fringes of the rally with a large hand-painted sign that read, "Tax slavery sucks."

"I'm completely against the way my money is being spent," Ms. Poland said. "If we already have an extreme debt, we shouldn't spend more money."

Imagine. Certain individuals walk around looking quite normal, performing the tasks of apparently functioning adults. Maybe one in the next cube.